Congratulations to Lori Vrba, Gabriela Maj, Zalmaï, and Jesse Burke, whose books 'The Moth Wing Diaries,' 'Almond Garden,' 'Dread and Dreams,' and 'Wild & Precious' have been named among the best photobooks of 2015 by American Photo. View the original article to read more about these books and others that were honored.

Join us at the opening reception for Gabriela Maj's exhibition 'Almond Garden'. Made over the course of four years, Maj's project is the largest record documenting the experiences of incarcerated women in Afghanistan to date. Consisting of a series haunting portraits of the inmates along with the inmates' own stories, the voices in 'Almond Garden' testify to the human rights abuses many Afghan women continue to endure.
Friday, July 3, 6-9pm @ Daylight Project Space: 121 W Margaret Ln. Hillsborough, NC
See the Facebook event page here.

Gabriela Maj speaks to VICE about her recent project 'Almond Garden', in which she travelled to female prisons in Afghanistan speaking to inmates about why they'd been incarcerated for "moral crimes."
Read the full interview here.

Photographer Gabriela Maj will be discussing the work from her recently released monograph in upcoming events on the West Coast. A series of portraits from the women's prisons in Afghanistan, 'Almond Garden' features Maj's haunting, compassionate photographs of the inmates along with the inmates own stories. Made over the course of four years, Maj's project is the largest record documenting the experiences of incarcerated women in Afghanistan to date. Together, the voices in 'Almond Garden' testify to the human rights abuses many Afghan women continue to endure, and serve as a call for much-needed support from the international community in the...